Light source housing apparatus and method of manufacture
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    Light source housing apparatus and method of manufacture 失效
    光源住宅设备及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US5951152A

    公开(公告)日:1999-09-14

    申请号:US876910

    申请日:1997-06-17

    摘要: An apparatus and method of manufacture for a light source housing apparatus. The housing is insert molded around a plurality of electrically separated leads and defines a cavity. A portion of each lead is exposed along a bottom surface of the housing. Two or more leads have terminal portions near a rear surface of the housing. A lead, which can be used to protect against electrostatic discharge, is also mounted along a front face of the housing and terminates at a ring portion which defines an opening that is aligned with the cavity. The opening of the ring portion is preferably sized and shaped to correspond to an outer peripheral surface of a lens, lightpipe or other optical media, so that the lens can be inserted through the ring portion and into the cavity. A light source, such as an LED, is mounted within a cutout of the housing. The housing is manufactured using lead sets each having pre-formed leads indexed by a leadframe through an injection mold to form the housing around each lead set. After the insert molding process at least a portion of the leadframe is removed to electrically isolate the leads. If used with surface mount technology, the housing is preferably self-aligning.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于光源收纳装置的装置和制造方法。 壳体被插入模制在多个电分离的引线周围并且限定空腔。 每个引线的一部分沿壳体的底表面露出。 两个或更多个引线具有靠近壳体后表面的端子部分。 可以用于防止静电放电的引线也沿着壳体的前表面安装并且终止于限定与空腔对准的开口的环部分。 环形部分的开口优选地尺寸和形状以对应于透镜,光管或其它光学介质的外周表面,使得透镜可以插入通过环部分并进入空腔中。 诸如LED的光源安装在壳体的切口内。 外壳使用引线组制造,引线组各自具有通过注射模具由引线框架引导的预成形引线,以在每个引线组周围形成外壳。 在插入成型工艺之后,引线框架的至少一部分被去除以电绝缘引线。 如果与表面贴装技术一起使用,则外壳优选是自对准的。